#259DAE#259DAE

#259DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#259DAE
RGB	rgb(37, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -25.75, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 31.43, 214.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.089 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.102 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4566, 27.5607, 44.2778)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#259DAE #AE3625

analogous

#25AE7B #259DAE #2559AE

triadic

#259DAE #AE259D #9DAE25

tetradic

#259DAE #7B25AE #AE3625 #59AE25

square

#259DAE #7B25AE #AE3625 #59AE25

split-complementary

#259DAE #AE2559 #AE7B25

monochromatic

#104249 #1A6F7C #259DAE #3BC2D5 #6DD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#259DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#259DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #259DAE

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##259DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##259DAE	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #259dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac6',
    500: '#259dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #259dae;
$custom-light: #78bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#259dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.445,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64074,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#259DAE

secondary

#C67468

accent

#5540E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #259DAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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